Flexible fireproof fabric.



J. E. MEEK. FLEXIBLE PIREPROOF FABRIC. APPLICATION I'ILED DBO.13, 1906.

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JOHN EMORY MEEK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. AS SIGNOR TO H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FLEXIBLE FIREPROOF FABRIC.

Specification or Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. s, 1908.

Application filed December 18, 1906. Serial No. 847,639.

' 'T all whom it mag/ concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EMORY MEEK, a

citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city,

county, and State ofl New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Flexible Fireproof Fabric, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the insulationof heat and soundand comprises a flexible compound fabric which is fireproof and arr effective deadener of sound.

The best form of structure embodying my invention at present known to me is illus trated in the accompanying sheet of drawii1gs,-in which:

Figure l is a planview with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a cross section; Throughout the drawings, like reference figures indicate like arts.

1 is a stri of flexi le, soft, elastic, fireproof fe1t,prefera ly formed of fairly long asbestos fiber made in substantially the manner described in Patent No. 497,382, granted to Robert H. Martin May 16, 1893. This felt is fastened to'a layer of cloth 2, formed of asbestos fiber. The attachment is by means of any suitable fireproof adhesive substance or cement shown at 3.

Preferably silicate of I The result is a cheap, strong, flexible, fireproof fabric of an cal ceilinite. The cloth gives it tensile strength and the fire roof. felt, which can be made of any desira le thickness, gives ,it body, and makes it impervious to sound. This fabric is useful as a hning for partitions, ceilings, floors, side walls, etc. and being'of mineral or non-combustible composition, is not subject to decay Nails can be driven through it without injuring it, and it can be readily cut by' shears or knife without danger of the edges unraveling.

Having, therefore, describedmy invention,

'1 claim:

desired thickness, Which I 1. A thick, flexible, soft; tough mineral fabric comprising in combination a layer of thick, flexible, soft, elastic asbestos felt and a layer of'woven asbestos cloth, the two being fastened together with a mineral cement.

4 2. A thick, flexible, soft, tough mineral fabric com rising in combination a layer of thick, flexifile, soft, elastic asbestos felt and a layer of woven asbestoscloth, the two being fastened together by silicate of soda.

Signed at New York, N. Y. this 11th day of December 1906. v p

. 7 JOHN EMORY MEEK.

Witnesses: I

THOS. T. LYMAN, CHARLES W. GEARHART. 

